Elderly & Disabled Taxation Fund

Mayor Announces Implementation of Elderly & Disabled Taxation Fund

& Relief on Water Bills for Disabled Residents

Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino is pleased to announce that applications for grants

from the "Elderly & Disabled Taxation Fund" and the newly established "Water and Sewer

Relief Funds for Disabled Residences" will be available in the City Treasurer's Office on

the 2nd Floor of City Hall beginning May 28, 2009. The Fund is sustained by voluntary

contribution from taxpayers who respond to the pink donation card included in each

quarterly tax bill. The purpose of the Fund is to provide relief to elderly and/or disabled

taxpayers and disabled rate payers who are finding it difficult to pay their real estate taxes

and water and sewer bills because of financial hardship.

"This is another of the City's tax programs aimed at helping our senior citizens and

other financially vulnerable individuals cope with tax increases," commented Ambrosino.

"I am sure that the Fund will provide welcome relief to seniors and disabled residents on

fixed incomes faced with the burden of paying higher property taxes and water & sewer

rates."

The "Elderly & Disabled Taxation Fund" has been in existence for several years. It

is expected that grants of $250 each will be awarded this year.

In order to qualify for the grant, the taxpayer must be a resident of Revere and meet

the following additional requirements: be 65 years of age or disabled as of July I of the

Fiscal Year; be current with all real estate taxes, have income of no more than $20,000 per

year if single or combined $40,000 per year for joint property owners; have no rental

income. As part of the application, taxpayers should submit a statement of the extenuating

circumstances which create a hardship. The grants will be awarded to the most needy of

applicants as detennined by the Elderly and Disabled Taxation Committee, which is

comprised of the Treasurer and three citizens as required by M.G.L. C. 60, §3D.

For more information regarding the "Elderly & Disabled Taxation Fund," feel free

to contact either the Treasurer's Office at 286-8136. The applications must be returned to

the Treasurer's Office on or before June 26, 2009.

"The City of Revere has a moral duty to assist those seniors and disabled residents

who have a hard time meeting their tax obligation. While the benefits of this Fund are

modest, it will certainly provide some measure of comfort to those who find themselves in

difficult circumstances," concluded the Mayor.

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